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## IBM builds on hybrid cloud and governance to advance its enterprise AI operating model

DevFeed: [IBM builds on hybrid cloud and governance to advance its enterprise AI operating model](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/ibm-builds-on-hybrid-cloud-and-governance-to-advance-its-enterprise-ai-operating-model-124314.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://siliconangle.com/2026/11/09/ibm-builds-hybrid-cloud-governance-advance-enterprise-ai-operating-model-ibmthink/>)

Author: Manny Veiga

Published: 2026-11-09T23:20:44Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [SiliconANGLE](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/siliconangle.md>)

Topics: [ibm](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ibm.md>), [AI Integration Strategies](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-integration-strategies.md>), [Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud.md>), [observability](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/observability.md>)

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### AI overview

IBM is assembling an enterprise AI operating model around agent orchestration, trusted data, intelligent operations and governance, using hybrid cloud and existing enterprise infrastructure to bring AI to production while maintaining customer control. The article describes watsonx Orchestrate voice integration, watsonx.data's real-time data foundation, Concert for hybrid IT operations and Sovereign Core for governance and sovereign environments. IBM also positions Red Hat OpenShift and IBM Z as foundations for workloads that use on-premises data. As examples, IBM reports over 80,000 employees using its Bob coding tool, with users reporting productivity gains above 45%, and more than 4,000 digital workers across 450 consulting projects. BNP Paribas reports nearly 1,000 AI use cases under a group framework with governance distributed across business units. These are company-reported examples; the article frames IBM's approach as a strategy, not evidence that its model has resolved enterprise AI's production gap.

### Source excerpt

Enterprises are moving beyond AI pilots, putting greater emphasis on governance, production readiness and measurable business outcomes. Research from Deloitte highlights a significant gap between enterprise AI ambition and execution: 54% of organizations plan to move at least 40% of their AI initiatives into production within six months. Yet only 25% have done so today. IBM [...] The post IBM builds on hybrid cloud and governance to advance its enterprise AI operating model appeared first on SiliconANGLE.